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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city do the Berglunds reside in "Good Neighbors"?

2. Where do Patty and Walter move at the end of "Good Neighbors"?

3. What organization is devoted to limiting growth?

4. Carol tells everyone that, upon leaving his parents, Joey was very what?

5. What is the name of the motel that Walter's family owns?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Connie feel about Joey Berglund?

2. How do Patty and Richard end up taking a road trip? What happens during that trip?

3. What is The Fiend of Athens, and how do Walter and Patty interpret it?

4. Who is Richard? How does Patty meet him, and what does she think of him?

5. How does Patty's friendship with Eliza end?

6. Who is Ethan Post, and how does he affect Patty and her family?

7. Who is Carol Monaghan and what is her relationship to the Berglunds?

8. What does Patty learn about Walter and his childhood?

9. Describe Patty's relationship with her parents.

10. What are Walter's feelings regarding population growth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Connie and Jenna. How are their characters similar, and how are they different? How does each impact Joey?

Essay Topic 2

Birds are central to the novel. Write an essay in which you analyze the impact of birds both on Walter's character and the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of Eliza, Jenna, and Lalitha and analyze the effects each has on both the characters and the plot as a whole.

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